'Career Should End': Amelia Warner Reminds Jamie Dornan To Reject "Fifty Shades"
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00:00 Jamie Dornan says he takes issue with Fifty Shades being treated as a joke
00:05 The Belfast actor said the film transformed his and his family's lives.
00:10 Jamie Dornan has said he takes issue with the Fifty Shades film franchise being perceived
00:15 as a bit of a joke.
00:17 The Belfast actor played billionaire Christian Grey alongside Dakota Johnson, who starred
00:22 as Anastasia Steele in the film trilogy adapted from author Al James' steamy books.
00:28 The films have made more than a billion dollars at the box office and James' first book in
00:33 the series, Fifty Shades of Grey, broke sales records following its release.
00:38 Asked if he regretted taking the part of Grey, the 39-year-old, who stars on the cover of
00:44 British GQ's December to January issue, said, "Look, put it this way, it's done no harm
00:51 to my career to be part of a movie franchise that has made more than $1 billion.
00:56 Every working actor would say the same thing.
00:59 It's provided, a lot.
01:01 There's no shame in saying it's transformed my life and my family's life financially.
01:07 I am very, very grateful for this and always will be.
01:11 And the fans loved it."
01:13 Referencing a critic who he said didn't love it, he went on, "But I take issue with the
01:17 whole thing being just a bit of a joke.
01:20 Everyone involved worked as hard as they could on those films, including myself."
01:25 Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Humm was first cast in the leading role but withdrew citing
01:30 a busy schedule, and later revealed in an interview he became overwhelmed by the amount
01:35 of work he had taken on.
01:37 Speaking about Humm being cast first, Dornan said, "I was beaten to it the first time by
01:43 Charlie Humm and I felt a certain amount of relief when he got it, to be honest.
01:48 I thought, 'This would have been fun, but it would have been a strange ride.
01:53 Better not to be on that ride.'
01:55 But he pulled out and then I got a call.
01:57 And I got."
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